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Efforts to create an entirely smoke-free generation in the UK have received support from both Houses of Parliament.

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The longer the war in the Middle East continues, the more likely it is there will be economic damage in the UK, Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer will seek to reassure the public at home as the Middle East conflict continues into its tenth day.

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Britain is ready to help defend Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the kingdom’s de facto leader in a call on

Diesel prices in the UK have surged to a 16-month high since the start of the conflict in the Middle East, new figures

Royal Air Force jets could legally strike Iranian missile sites being used to attack British interests in the Middle East

Energy markets are ‘in turmoil’ in the face of the intensifying conflict in the Middle East, the head of Octopus Energy has

UK house prices grew at their ‘strongest’ annual rate in four months, while monthly growth slowed, Halifax reported on Friday

Four extra British Typhoon fighter jets are being deployed to Qatar amid the conflict in the Middle East, UK Prime Minister

Ed Miliband has said he is confident the country’s energy supply is robust despite the conflict in the Middle East disrupting

Ireland’s Central Statistics Office on Thursday significantly revised down gross domestic product figures for the fourth

People’s confidence in their job security in the UK slumped to the weakest level in six months in February, according to an

Activity in the UK’s construction sector declined for the fourteenth month in a row, S&P Global reported on Thursday.

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The UK’s new car market recorded its strongest February sales in 22 years despite demand for new electric vehicles [EVs]

Rachel Reeves will reaffirm her commitment to ‘end’ the windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas as she meets energy bosses.

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Interest rates in the UK could be pushed back up above 4% if war in the Middle East prompts a persistent spike in oil and gas

Ireland’s unemployment rate was unchanged in February, though joblessness increased compared to a year earlier, data showed

The historically high tax burden in the UK could be stifling growth, a senior member of the budget watchdog has warned.

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The final UK composite purchasing managers index reading was slightly lower than anticipated in February but remained in

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was upset with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who has not joined the US

Downing Street said the US is still a ‘staunch’ ally after Donald Trump launched another broadside against UK Prime Minister

The Office for Budget Responsibility on Tuesday warned the conflict in the Middle East could have very significant impacts on

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Tuesday said she has no doubts in Britain’s ability to navigate the challenges the country

The UK is considering sending a warship to the Middle East, while France reportedly plans to move air defence systems to

France plans to send air defence systems to Cyprus after a British base on the island came under attack, according to a

The UK will take decisions based on ‘legality and British interests’, a minister has insisted after Donald Trump launched

US President Donald Trump said the historical relationship between his country and Britain was ‘not like it used to be’, in

UK take-home grocery sales rose in February as shoppers continued to spend more at the tills and increasingly turned to

The UK government has the ‘right economic plan for the country’, Rachel Reeves will insist at the spring statement.

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Keir Starmer defended his decision not to allow UK bases to be used by the US in the initial strikes against Iran in the face

Donald Trump said he was ‘very disappointed’ in UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for initially refusing to allow the use of the

Ireland’s annual inflation rate eased slightly in February, according to a flash estimate from the Central Statistics Office

UK mortgage approvals unexpectedly declined in January, data from the Bank of England showed on Monday.

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UK manufacturing growth was worse than expected in February, survey results published on Monday showed; however there were

Officials are understood to be working on plans for the potential evacuation of more than 100,000 Britons from the Middle

UK house prices rose more than expected on-year in February, Nationwide reported on Monday.

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Britain should avoid being dragged into a war in the Middle East, a senior Labour MP has said after the US and Israel

The UK Foreign Office has ‘temporarily’ withdrawn its staff from Iran amid the threat of US strikes against the country.

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Retail sales in Ireland rose both annually and monthly in January, provisional data published by the Central Statistics

House sales in the UK recorded their first ‘significant’ decrease in January since last summer, according to HM Revenue &

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under intense pressure to shift Labour to the left after the Green Party secured a historic

The Green Party has won its first ever parliamentary by-election in Gorton & Denton, dealing a bitter blow to UK Prime

Gibraltar will remain British, but people will be able to travel freely across the land border with Spain, according to a

This month is on track to see the highest number of UK homes being freshly listed for sale in February for a decade

Online discussion platform Reddit has been fined more than £14 million after the UK data watchdog said it had failed to

A record 302 million passengers travelled through UK airports last year, new figures show.

This was a 2.4% increase from 295

UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy is to push for more use of artificial intelligence to cut court backlogs.

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US tariffs are ‘here to stay’ and could lead to shockwaves across the economy for ‘many years’, a Bank of England policymaker

‘Nothing is off the table’ in the UK’s response to US President Donald Trump’s threats that he will impose 15% global tariffs

Former Amazon.com Inc executive Doug Gurr is set to be the next permanent chair of the UK’s competition regulator.

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